Comments on the nonpharmaceutical interventions in New York City and Chicago during the 1918 flu pandemic

Abstract

This commentary was originally published in CIDRAP News and it is here reported almost verbatim to allow divulgation through open access. The Editorial summarizes John Barry's concerns about the value of accurate historical reporting and its implications in public policy determination. This short abstract was written by the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Translational Medicine to introduce the Editorial. © 2007 Barry; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.